Travelling via air
Flying to a destination can be difficult for some travellers, especially if it’s a long haul therefore promoting the following advice and link selling the advice to your product range can help your customers have a safe and hopefully pain free flight!
- Try and stay mobile on the flight to minimise risks of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
- Compression stockings can be purchased prior to flying to reduce the risk of DVT – following advice from a pharmacist or GP.
- Anti-sickness medication such as promethazine can help relieve travel sickness and nausea.
Already offering a private travel health and vaccination service in your pharmacy?
As part of running a private service for travel health and vaccinations, Prescription Only Medication may be prescribed by the pharmacist to help overcome the symptoms of things like traveller’s diarrhoea, altitude sickness, jetlag and anti-malarials. If they are covered in the service, don’t forget to refer to the pharmacist.